Taiwan orchard owner benefits from opportunities of mainland

STORY: Taiwan orchard owner benefits from opportunities of mainland DATELINE: June 16, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:06 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the orchard 2 SOUNDBITE (Chinese) SOONG JYH-PING, Orchard owner STORYLINE: Soong Jyh-Ping has been running a sightseeing orchard in Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province. Born and raised in China's Taiwan, he came to the mainland to pursue a career in 2000 and started his farm in Fujian in 2013. He said he has found great business opportunities amid the rural revitalization drive on the mainland. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) SOONG JYH-PING, Orchard owner "I planned to do something related to leisure agriculture, so I decided to build an orchard that can be harvested all year round. So visitors can pick at least two or three kinds of fruits whenever they come. So I have planted more than 20 varieties of fruits in the orchard. I choose Xiamen for its climate. It's suitable for growing tropical fruits. We also speak the same dialect. From the cen

China-Taiwan talks

China-Taiwan talks

Li Yafei, deputy secretary general of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, is surrounded by journalists following a meeting with a delegation from Taiwan's Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF), in Beijing April 23. The Taiwan delegation, headed by SEF Deputy Secretary General Jan Jyh-horng, is on a three-day visit to Beijing July 22-24 for bilateral talks with China, the first in nearly two years.

China-Taiwan talks

China-Taiwan talks

Li Yafei, deputy secretary general of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, is surrounded by journalists following a meeting with a delegation from Taiwan's Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF), in Beijing April 23. The Taiwan delegation, headed by SEF Deputy Secretary General Jan Jyh-horng, is on a three-day visit to Beijing July 22-24 for bilateral talks with China, the first in nearly two years.